India men's national basketball team: Difference between revisions

India
FIBA ranking	Template:FIBA World Rankings
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Basketball Federation of India
Coach	Scott Flemming
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Asia Cup
Appearances	27
South Asian Championship
Appearances	6
Medals	(2002, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021)
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Lusofonia Games
South Asian Games
South Asian Championship

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The India men's national basketball team represents India in international basketball. It is governed by the Basketball Federation of India.<ref name="fiba.com">[1] Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine FIBA.com – National Federations & Leagues</ref>

A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia,<ref>Jai Prakash, "Indian basketball team to feature in Dubai tournament" Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Yahoo Cricket India, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.</ref> India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 26 times and is placed in the top five in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won four gold medals and one silver medal at the South Asian Games and is the most successful team in the South Asian region. India have also won the SABA Championship six times.<ref>Pakistan basketball team named for 11th South Asian Games Archived 23 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, gz2010.cn, accessed 25 March 2012.</ref> Team India celebrated its victory at the 2014 Lusofonia Games after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record as they beat 11–time African Champions Angola in the final.<ref>"Lusofonia Games '14: Indian men win historic gold; Women settle for bronze – Ekalavyas | Ekalavyas". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.</ref>

Its most famous moment came at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup with the win against home favorites and most successful Asian team China by seven points.<ref name="fiba.com"/><ref>"FIBA LiveStats". www.fibalivestats.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.</ref> This win has been labelled as the biggest basketball win in the nation's history.<ref>"5th FIBA Asia Cup: India beats China for biggest basketball win in the nation's history – Ekalavyas | Ekalavyas". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.</ref>

History

India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the Asian Games in the 1951 edition and the Asian Championships at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.<ref>"1975 Asian Championship for men". FIBA. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2018.</ref><ref>"Howard tour;NBA archived posts". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.</ref>

Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances.<ref>"Indian basketball team: A topsy-turvy trail". Retrieved 9 March 2023.</ref> Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the 1980 Summer Olympics when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref>"The first and last time India played basketball at the Olympics". 18 December 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.</ref> A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time (such as the United States and Canada) withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the preliminary round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.<ref>"Basketball at 1980 Olympics: India's road to qualification, roster, results, top performers and more". 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.</ref>

While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of everyone.<ref>"How did India play at the 1980 Summer Olympics?".</ref><ref>"Basketball at 1980 Olympics: India's road to qualification, roster, results, top performers and more".</ref> India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.<ref>[2] Archived 3 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine FIBA: 1980 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men, archives.fiba.com, accessed 17 October 2011.</ref>

Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.<ref>"Indian basketball team at the 1980 Olympics". Retrieved 10 May 2021.</ref> The late 90s saw the emergence of Sozhasingarayer Robinson, the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Robinson led India to a surprising victory over South Korea, one of Asia's top teams.<ref>http://www.taiwanhoops.com/2004/11/stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads.html Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Taiwan Hoops – Stankovic Cup Day 4 – Robinson's 36 leads India upset Korea, 81–76, taiwanhoops.com, written 24 November 2004, accessed 13 October 2011.</ref> In 2005, however, Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.<ref>http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120411292200.htm Archived 25 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu – Sport / Basketball : Robinson not to play for India, TN, Hindu.com, written 4 December 2007, accessed 15 October 2011.</ref>

At the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship India was coached by former Sacramento Kings head coach Kenny Natt.<ref>"I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt". The Times of India. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2017.</ref> In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team.<ref>"Scott Flemming named India's basketball coach".</ref> Under his supervision, the team won the South Asia Championship in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher (11th) in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship than in 2011.<ref>"26th FIBA Asia Championship : Schedule & Results". Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.</ref> In 2014, the Young Cagers (as team India is often nicknamed) won the Lusofonia games with wins over Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Angola in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever in a non-Asian competition. In the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league was a major step in continuing this recent success.<ref>"Indian National Basketball League from January 4". The Hindu. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.</ref><ref>"BFI launch INBL (Indian National Basketball League), aim to take sport to higher standards across all formats". 19 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.</ref> India continued their dominance in South Asia by winning further South Asian Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.<ref>"India Men's Basketball Team Win SABA Championship For Sixth Time". 19 November 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref><ref>"Indian men's team wins South Asian Basketball Association C'ships for sixth time". 19 November 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref><ref>"India crowned SABA Championship basketball winners for the sixth time". Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref>

Gallery

<gallery widths="200px" heights="160px"> File:Kanteerava Indoor 40.JPG|The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium hosted the SABA Championship in 2015 and 2016. India won the gold medal on both occasions. Team India has frequently used the facility for training sessions<ref>Kushala, S. (22 May 2002). "Do we need one more stadium?". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 June 2020.</ref> File:Satnam Singh Bhamara.jpg|Satnam Singh Bhamara (left) with the Indian national team in 2013 File:Vishesh Bhriguvanshi.JPG|Vishesh Bhriguvanshi File:Anoop Mukkanniyil.jpeg|Anoop Mukkanniyil<ref>"Anoop MUKKANNIYI". Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref> File:Akilan Pari.JPG|Akilan Pari File:Rikin Pethani.JPG|Rikin Pethani File:Trideep Rai.JPG|Trideep Rai<ref>"Trideep Rai". Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref> File:Yadwinder Singh.JPG|Yadwinder Singh File:Riyaz Uddin.jpeg|Riyaz Uddin<ref>"Riyaz UDDIN". Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref> </gallery>

Performance record

Olympics

Year	Host	Position	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1980	Template:Country data USSR Template:Preview warning Moscow, Soviet Union	12th	7	0	7	458	797	−339
Total		1/21	7	0	7	458	797	−339

Commonwealth Games

Year	Host	Position	M	L	PF	PA	PD
2006	Melbourne, Australia	8th	5	5	304	474	−170
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	8th	3	3	222	292	−70
Total		2/2	8	8	526	766	−240

Asian Games

Year	Host	Position	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1951	New Delhi, India	4th	4	1	3	184	266	−82
1970	Bangkok, Thailand	6th	8	2	6	478	560	−82
1982	New Delhi, India	8th	9	2	7	739	651	+88
2006	Doha, Qatar	17th	2	0	2	0	40	−40
2010	Guangzhou, China	11th	6	1	5	375	507	−132
2014	Incheon, South Korea	9th	5	2	3	353	344	+9
Total		6/19	34	8	26	2129	2368	−239

1970: JPN - IND (No Data)
1982: DPRK - IND (No Data)
2006: Withdraw

Asia Cup

Source:<ref>http://www.todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Zones.html</ref>

Year	Rank	Played	Won	Lost	PF	PA	PD
1960	Did not enter
1963	Did not enter
1965	7th	7	4	3	491	542	−51
1967	6th	9	5	4	709	797	−88
1969	5th	8	4	4	748	720	+28
1971	6th	8	3	5	563	632	−69
1973	6th	10	3	7	744	902	−158
1975	4th	8	5	3	754	728	+26
1977	7th	9	7	2	957	776	+181
1979	5th	7	3	4	539	604	−65
1981	5th	7	3	4	521	511	+10
Hong Kong 1983	6th	5	2	3	298	310	−12
1985	10th	6	3	3	585	459	+126
1987	6th	7	2	5	518	608	−90
1989	6th	6	2	4	472	520	−48
1991	13th	7	2	5	575	596	−21
1993	Did not enter
1995	13th	8	4	4	537	558	−21
1997	11th	6	3	3	433	409	+24
1999	Did not enter
2001	8th	6	1	5	406	508	−102
2003	8th	7	2	5	551	678	−127
2005	12th	7	3	4	545	578	−33
2007	15th	7	2	5	468	627	−159
2009	13th	5	2	3	371	415	−44
2011	14th	5	1	4	283	310	−27
2013	11th	8	2	6	532	641	−109
2015	8th	9	3	6	669	789	−120
2017	14th	3	0	3	186	249	−63
2022	16th	3	0	3	169	305	−136
2025	15th	3	0	3	212	275	−63
Total	27/31	181	71	110	13,836	15,047	−1,211

Asia Challenge

Year	Host	Position	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2004	Taipei, Taiwan	6th	5	3	2	389	405	−16
2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	5th	4	0	4	217	291	−74
2012	Tokyo, Japan	9th	4	0	4	294	370	−76
2014	Wuhan, China	7th	7	3	4	473	425	+48
2016	Tehran, Iran	7th	8	4	4	585	670	−85
Total		5/6	28	10	18	1958	2161	−203

SABA Championship

Year	Host	Position	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2002	Guwahati, India	1st	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014	Kathmandu, Nepal	1st	4	4	0	372	142	+230
2015	Bengaluru, India	1st	5	5	0	552	220	+332
2016	Bengaluru, India	1st	3	3	0	272	128	+144
2017	Male, Maldives	1st	4	4	0	404	218	+186
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st	3	3	0	308	120	+188
Total		6/8	19	19	0	1908	828	+1080

South Asian Games

<small>Source:</small><ref>"South Asian Games 2019: India wins gold in all formats and categories of basketball event".</ref>

Year	Host	Position	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1987	Kolkata, India	1st	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	Chennai, India	1st	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2nd	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2019	Kathmandu, Nepal	1st	4	4	0	471	233	+238

Lusofonia Games

Year	Host	Position	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2014	Goa, India	1st	4	4	0	304	245	+59
Total		1/3	4	4	0	304	245	+59

William Jones Cup

Year	Host	Rank	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD
2016	New Taipei, Taiwan	9th	8	1	7	536	638	−102
2017	Taipei, Taiwan	10th	9	0	9	628	885	−257
Total		2/44	17	1	16	1164	1523	−359

Honours

Intercontinental

Lusofonia Games
- Gold Medal: 2014<ref>"India win gold in basketball at Lusofonia Games". The Times of India. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2023.</ref>

Continental

SABA Championship
- Gold Medal: 2002, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021
South Asian Games
- Gold Medal: 1987, 1991, 1995, 2019
- Silver Medal: 2010<ref>"Afghan Sports Federation – 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh; BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan National Basketball Team Wins Gold". AfghanSportsFederation.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.</ref>

Coaching history

Note: The following list may not be complete

Lauro Mumar<ref>"Lauro Mumar".</ref>
Makolath Rajan<ref>"Former Indian basketball coach Rajan passes away". 10 October 2017.</ref>
Keshav Kumar Chansoria – 2001<ref>"INDIAN BASKET BALL TEAM COACH KESHAV KUMAR CHANSOR".</ref>
Jay Prakash Singh – 2004<ref>"New role for mentor".</ref>
Zoran Lukić – 2006<ref>"Indian team coach Zoran Lukic".</ref><ref>""There is no money for sportsmen in Serbia... "".</ref>
Mahender Rathor – 2007<ref>"MAHENDAR RATHORE basketball profile".</ref>
Aleksandar Bućan – 2007–2010<ref>"TRENER ALEKSANDAR BUĆAN U INDIJI". beobasket.net. Retrieved 20 December 2017.</ref>
Bill Harris – 2010–2011<ref>"Indian hoopster's can be world's best:William Bill Harris".</ref>
Kenny Natt – 2011–2012<ref>I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt</ref>
Keshav Kumar Chansoria (interim) – 2012<ref>"INDIAN BASKET BALL TEAM COACH KESHAV KUMAR CHANSOR".</ref>
Scott Flemming – 2012–2015<ref>"India coach Flemming: Three or four years from now, we're going to be a team to be reckoned with".</ref>
Sat Prakash Yadav – 2015–2017<ref>"Mangaluru: Indian basketball team inspires kids at Mangala Stadium". Daijiworld Media. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.</ref><ref>"'We hope to improve our ranking'". The Hindu. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.</ref>
C. V. Sunny (interim) – 2017<ref>"Pradosh cracks maiden double century for Grand Slam The Indian Express 15 April 2017".</ref>
Bhaskar Sappaniambalam (interim) – 2017<ref>"Bhaskar to coach national basketball side".</ref><ref>"India aiming for SABA Championship 5-peat".</ref>
Phil Weber (interim) – 2017<ref>"From NBA to India: New basketball coach Phil Weber hopes to create a culture of success". 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2018.</ref>
Zoran Višić – 2017–2019<ref>"Basketball: Zoran Visic to coach Indian men". The Hindu. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.</ref>
Veselin Matić – 2019–2024<ref>"Building India's basketball future: Head coach Veselin Matic on investing in young talents".</ref>
Scott Flemming – 2024–present<ref>"Scott Flemming appointed as head coach of Indian Senior Men's Basketball team".</ref><ref>"Scott Flemming appointed head coach of India men's basketball team".</ref>

Results and fixtures

Win Loss Fixture

Team

2025 roster

Roster for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.<ref>"Team roster: India" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2025.</ref>

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Past rosters

1980 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams<ref>"Former Indian basketball coach Rajan passes away". 10 October 2017.</ref><ref>"India Basketball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2018.</ref>

Baldev Singh, Ajmer Singh, Parvez Diniar, Dilip Gurumurthy, Harbhajan Singh, Jorawar Singh, Amarnath Nagarajan, Pramdiph Singh, Paramjit Singh, Radhey Shyam, Hanuman Singh, Tarlok Singh Sandhu (Coach:Makolath Rajan)

2001 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 14 teams<ref>"India 2001 Team".</ref>

Vinay Kumaryadan, J.Murli, B.J. Jadeja, Mohit Bhandari, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Austin Almeida, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Suresh Ranot, M.S. Sabeer Ahamed, Des Raj (Coach: Keshav Kumar Chansoria)

2003 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams<ref>"India 2003 Squad".</ref>

Sambhaji Kadam, Gagnesh Kumar, Mihir Pandey, S. Gopinath, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Snehpal Singh, Des Raj

2005 Asian Championship: finished 12th among 16 teams<ref>"2005 India Roster".</ref>

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Mihir Pandey, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Yadwinder Singh, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Talwinderjit Singh, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Jay Prakash Singh)

2007 Asian Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams<ref>"India 2007 Roster".</ref>

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Ravikumar Krishnasamy, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Roshan Thankachan Padavetiyil, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Dilawar Singh, Riyaz Uddin, Lokesh Yodav, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2009 Asian Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams<ref>"India 2009 Roster".</ref>

Sambhaji Kadam, Talwinderjit Singh, Hareesh Koroth, Harpalsinh Vaghela, Sunil Kumar Rathee, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prakash Mishra, Vineeth Revi Mathew, Abhilek Paul, Jayram Jat, Dinesh Comibatore, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2011 Asian Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams<ref>"India Roster 2011".</ref>

2011 Asian Championship roster

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2013 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams<ref>"India 2013 Roster".</ref>

2013 FIBA Asia Championship roster

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2014 Asian Games: finished 12th among 16 teams<ref>"India 2014 Roster".</ref>

2014 Asian Games roster

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2015 FIBA Asia Championship: finished 8th among 16 qualified teams in Asia <ref>"India 2015 Roster".</ref>

2015 FIBA Asia Championship roster

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2017 FIBA Asia Cup<ref>"India at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 – FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.</ref>

2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification<ref>"India 2017 Roster".</ref>

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

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2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification<ref>"India 2022 Roster".</ref>

2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

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References

External links

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FIBA profile
India Basketball Records Archived 8 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA Archive
Asia-basket – India Men National Team
Presentation on Facebook

Videos

India v Japan – Group B – Game Highlights – 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Youtube.com video

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Contents

History

Gallery

Performance record

Olympics

Commonwealth Games

Asian Games

Asia Cup

Asia Challenge

SABA Championship

South Asian Games

Lusofonia Games

William Jones Cup

Honours

Coaching history

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

Team

2025 roster

Past rosters

See also

References

External links

Videos

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+The '''India men's national basketball team''' represents [[India]] in international [[basketball]]. It is governed by the [[Basketball Federation of India]].&lt;ref name="fiba.com"&gt;[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=301] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213204636/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=301|date=13 February 2012}} FIBA.com – National Federations &amp; Leagues&lt;/ref&gt;
-The '''India men's national basketball team''' represents [[India]] in international men's [[basketball]]. It is controlled by [[Basketball Federation of India]].<ref name="fiba.com">[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=301 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213204636/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=301 |date=13 February 2012 }} FIBA.com – National Federations & Leagues</ref>
+A 1936 founding member of [[FIBA Asia]],&lt;ref&gt;Jai Prakash, [https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/indian-basketball-team-feature-dubai-075600326.html "Indian basketball team to feature in Dubai tournament"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080444/https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/indian-basketball-team-feature-dubai-075600326.html |date=8 December 2015 }}, Yahoo Cricket India, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.&lt;/ref&gt; India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the [[FIBA Asia Championship]] 26 times and is placed in the top five in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won four gold medals and one silver medal at the [[Basketball at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] and is the most successful team in the [[South Asian]] region. India have also won the [[SABA Championship]] six times.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.gz2010.cn/10/0104/13/5S6HG3UF007801VF.html Pakistan basketball team named for 11th South Asian Games] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155759/http://www.gz2010.cn/10/0104/13/5S6HG3UF007801VF.html |date=23 March 2018 }}, gz2010.cn, accessed 25 March 2012.&lt;/ref&gt; Team India celebrated its victory at the [[Basketball at the 2014 Lusophony Games – Men's tournament|2014 Lusofonia Games]] after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record as they beat 11–time African Champions [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]] in the final.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/27/live-india-vs-angola-men-gold-medal-match/ |title=Lusofonia Games '14: Indian men win historic gold; Women settle for bronze – Ekalavyas &amp;#124; Ekalavyas |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406031319/http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/27/live-india-vs-angola-men-gold-medal-match/ |archive-date=6 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
-The team made significant improvements as the sports of basketball is becoming more popular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crosarka-basketball.com/latest-nba-news-on-trades/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511234206/https://crosarka-basketball.com/latest-nba-news-on-trades/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2021 |title=Basketball becoming popular|access-date= 10 May 2021}}</ref>
-A 1936 founding member of [[FIBA Asia]],<ref>Jai Prakash, [https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/indian-basketball-team-feature-dubai-075600326.html "Indian basketball team to feature in Dubai tournament"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080444/https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/indian-basketball-team-feature-dubai-075600326.html |date=8 December 2015 }}, Yahoo Cricket India, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.</ref> India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the [[FIBA Asia Championship]] 26 times and is placed in the top five in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won four gold medals and one silver medal at the [[Basketball at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] and became the most successful team in South Asian region. India have also won the [[SABA Championship]] six times.<ref>[http://www.gz2010.cn/10/0104/13/5S6HG3UF007801VF.html Pakistan basketball team named for 11th South Asian Games] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155759/http://www.gz2010.cn/10/0104/13/5S6HG3UF007801VF.html |date=23 March 2018 }}, gz2010.cn, accessed 25 March 2012.</ref> Team India celebrated its victory at the [[Basketball at the 2014 Lusophony Games – Men's tournament|2014 Lusofonia Games]] after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record as they beat 11–time African Champions [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/27/live-india-vs-angola-men-gold-medal-match/ |title=Lusofonia Games '14: Indian men win historic gold; Women settle for bronze - Ekalavyas &#124; Ekalavyas |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406031319/http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/27/live-india-vs-angola-men-gold-medal-match/ |archive-date=6 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-Its most famous moment came at the [[2014 FIBA Asia Cup]] with the win against home favorites and most successful Asian team [[China men's national basketball team|China]] by seven points.<ref name="fiba.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/4142/12/10/59/50lXLHtjAYWWo/|title=FIBA LiveStats|website=www.fibalivestats.com|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209072355/http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/4142/12/10/59/50lXLHtjAYWWo|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> This win has been labelled as the ''biggest basketball win in the nation's history.''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ekalavyas.com/2014/07/12/live-india-vs-china-5th-fiba-asia-cup-men/ |title=5th FIBA Asia Cup: India beats China for biggest basketball win in the nation's history - Ekalavyas &#124; Ekalavyas |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504023106/http://ekalavyas.com/2014/07/12/live-india-vs-china-5th-fiba-asia-cup-men/ |archive-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+Its most famous moment came at the [[2014 FIBA Asia Cup]] with the win against home favorites and most successful Asian team [[China men's national basketball team|China]] by seven points.&lt;ref name="fiba.com"/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/4142/12/10/59/50lXLHtjAYWWo/|title=FIBA LiveStats|website=www.fibalivestats.com|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209072355/http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/4142/12/10/59/50lXLHtjAYWWo|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt; This win has been labelled as the biggest basketball win in the nation's history.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://ekalavyas.com/2014/07/12/live-india-vs-china-5th-fiba-asia-cup-men/ |title=5th FIBA Asia Cup: India beats China for biggest basketball win in the nation's history – Ekalavyas &amp;#124; Ekalavyas |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504023106/http://ekalavyas.com/2014/07/12/live-india-vs-china-5th-fiba-asia-cup-men/ |archive-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
 ==History==
+India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the [[Asian Games]] in the [[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]] edition and the [[FIBA Asia Cup|Asian Championships]] at the [[1965 ABC Championship|1965 Asian Basketball Championship]] where it started out as moderately competitive.  India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in [[1975 ABC Championship|1975]] when the team even reached the final four.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid//sid/2447/_/1975_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html | publisher=FIBA | title=1975 Asian Championship for men | access-date=26 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224092729/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/sid/2447/_/1975_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html | archive-date=24 December 2009 | url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/india/news/howard_tour_100804.html |title=Howard tour;NBA archived posts |website=[[NBA.com]] |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509222138/http://www.nba.com/india/news/howard_tour_100804.html |url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the [[1965 ABC Championship|1965 Asian Basketball Championship]] where it started out as moderately competitive.  India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in [[1975 ABC Championship|1975]] when the team even reached the final four.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid//sid/2447/_/1975_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html | publisher=FIBA | title=1975 Asian Championship for men | access-date=26 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224092729/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/sid/2447/_/1975_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html | archive-date=24 December 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/india/news/howard_tour_100804.html |title=Howard tour;NBA archived posts |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509222138/http://www.nba.com/india/news/howard_tour_100804.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-basketball-team-national-history-olympics-asian-basketball-championships|title=Indian basketball team: A topsy-turvy trail|access-date=9 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the [[American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/football/world-cup-captain-kuntala-ghosh-dastidar-ignores-noise-38102?infinitescroll=1|title=The first and last time India played basketball at the Olympics|date=18 December 2022 |access-date=9 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt; A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time (such as the [[United States national basketball team|United States]] and [[Canada men's national basketball team|Canada]]) withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the preliminary round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/basketball-at-1980-olympics-indias-road-to-qualification-roster-results-top-performers/1nthmw871o22a1dc04ot7c1c2z#:~:text=Who%20was%20on%20India's%20roster,Hanuman%20Rathore%2C%20and%20Harbhajan%20Singh.|title=Basketball at 1980 Olympics: India's road to qualification, roster, results, top performers and more|date=23 July 2021 |access-date=9 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-basketball-team-national-history-olympics-asian-basketball-championships|title=Indian basketball team: A topsy-turvy trail|access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the [[American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/football/world-cup-captain-kuntala-ghosh-dastidar-ignores-noise-38102?infinitescroll=1|title=The first and last time India played basketball at the Olympics|access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time (such as the [[United States national basketball team|United States]] and [[Canada men's national basketball team|Canada]]) withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the preliminary round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/basketball-at-1980-olympics-indias-road-to-qualification-roster-results-top-performers/1nthmw871o22a1dc04ot7c1c2z#:~:text=Who%20was%20on%20India's%20roster,Hanuman%20Rathore%2C%20and%20Harbhajan%20Singh.|title=Basketball at 1980 Olympics: India's road to qualification, roster, results, top performers and more|access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref>
-While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of basketball fans worldwide. India played against the [[Australia men's national basketball team|Australian Team]], one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of [[Australia men's national basketball team|Australia]] for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to [[the Boomers]] 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.<ref>[http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/727/sid/2940/tid/301/_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203000503/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/727/sid/2940/tid/301/_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html|date=3 February 2016}} FIBA: 1980 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men, archives.fiba.com, accessed 17 October 2011.</ref>
-Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. [[Ajmer Singh (basketball)|Ajmer Singh]] gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2021/news/how-did-india-play-at-the-1980-summer-olympics|title=Indian basketball team at the 1980 Olympics|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
-The late 90s saw the emergence of [[Sozhasingarayer Robinson]], the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Robinson led India to a surprising victory over [[South Korea national basketball team|South Korea]], one of Asia's top teams.<ref>http://www.taiwanhoops.com/2004/11/stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403153536/http://www.taiwanhoops.com/2004/11/stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads.html |date=3 April 2012 }} Taiwan Hoops - Stankovic Cup Day 4 – Robinson's 36 leads India upset Korea, 81-76 , taiwanhoops.com, written 24 November 2004, accessed 13 October 2011.</ref>
-In 2005, however, Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.<ref>http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120411292200.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225111343/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120411292200.htm|date=25 February 2011}} The Hindu - Sport / Basketball : Robinson not to play for India, TN, Hindu.com, written 4 Dec 2007, accessed 15 October 2011.</ref>
+While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of everyone.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/asiacup-2021-news-how-did-india-play-at-the-1980-summer-olympics|title=How did India play at the 1980 Summer Olympics?}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/basketball-at-1980-olympics-indias-road-to-qualification-roster-results-top-performers/1nthmw871o22a1dc04ot7c1c2z|title=Basketball at 1980 Olympics: India's road to qualification, roster, results, top performers and more}}&lt;/ref&gt; India played against the [[Australia men's national basketball team|Australian Team]], one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of [[Australia men's national basketball team|Australia]] for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to [[the Boomers]] 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.&lt;ref&gt;[http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/727/sid/2940/tid/301/_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203000503/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/727/sid/2940/tid/301/_/1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html|date=3 February 2016}} FIBA: 1980 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men, archives.fiba.com, accessed 17 October 2011.&lt;/ref&gt;
-At the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] India was coached by former [[Sacramento Kings]] head coach [[Kenny Natt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/interviews/29656175_1_basketball-federation-nba-player-coaching-basketball|title=I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/interviews/29656175_1_basketball-federation-nba-player-coaching-basketball|archive-date=5 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+Many Indian players also made headlines while in the [[Soviet Union]] as well. [[Ajmer Singh (basketball)|Ajmer Singh]] gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2021/news/how-did-india-play-at-the-1980-summer-olympics|title=Indian basketball team at the 1980 Olympics|access-date=10 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; The late 90s saw the emergence of [[Sozhasingarayer Robinson]], the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Robinson led India to a surprising victory over [[South Korea national basketball team|South Korea]], one of Asia's top teams.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.taiwanhoops.com/2004/11/stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403153536/http://www.taiwanhoops.com/2004/11/stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads.html |date=3 April 2012 }} Taiwan Hoops – Stankovic Cup Day 4 – Robinson's 36 leads India upset Korea, 81–76, taiwanhoops.com, written 24 November 2004, accessed 13 October 2011.&lt;/ref&gt; In 2005, however, Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120411292200.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225111343/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120411292200.htm|date=25 February 2011}} The Hindu – Sport / Basketball : Robinson not to play for India, TN, Hindu.com, written 4 December 2007, accessed 15 October 2011.&lt;/ref&gt;
-In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team. Under his supervision, the team won the [[South Asia Basketball Championship|South Asia Championship]] in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher (11th) in the [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship]] than in [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/ScheduleResults.aspx |title=26th FIBA Asia Championship : Schedule & Results |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019055314/http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/ScheduleResults.aspx |archive-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, the ''Young Cagers'' (as team India is often nicknamed) won the [[Basketball at the Lusophony Games|Lusofonia games]] with wins over [[Guinea-Bissau national basketball team|Guinea-Bissau]], [[Cape Verde national basketball team|Cape Verde]], and [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]] in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever in a non-Asian competition. In the [[2014 FIBA Asia Cup]] India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league was a major step in continuing this recent success the Indian team had experienced.<ref>{{cite web|url=
+At the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] India was coached by former [[Sacramento Kings]] head coach [[Kenny Natt]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/interviews/Im-here-to-create-a-superstar-says-Indias-NBA-coach-Kenny-Natt/articleshow/8853690.cms|title=I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/interviews/29656175_1_basketball-federation-nba-player-coaching-basketball|archive-date=5 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 June 2011 |url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/scott-flemming-named-india-s-basketball-coach-112111905030_1.html|title=Scott Flemming named India's basketball coach}}&lt;/ref&gt; Under his supervision, the team won the [[South Asia Basketball Championship|South Asia Championship]] in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher (11th) in the [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship]] than in [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/ScheduleResults.aspx |title=26th FIBA Asia Championship : Schedule &amp; Results |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019055314/http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/ScheduleResults.aspx |archive-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt; In 2014, the ''Young Cagers'' (as team India is often nicknamed) won the [[Basketball at the Lusophony Games|Lusofonia games]] with wins over [[Guinea-Bissau national basketball team|Guinea-Bissau]], [[Cape Verde national basketball team|Cape Verde]], and [[Angola national basketball team|Angola]] in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever in a non-Asian competition. In the [[2014 FIBA Asia Cup]] India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league was a major step in continuing this recent success.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=
-https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/indian-national-basketball-league-from-january-4/article37568803.ece|title=Indian National Basketball League from January 4|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.nba.com/news/bfi-launch-inbl/17tco84f47iym1abywanqrsyck|title=BFI launch INBL (Indian National Basketball League), aim to take sport to higher standards across all formats|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>
+https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/indian-national-basketball-league-from-january-4/article37568803.ece|title=Indian National Basketball League from January 4|newspaper=The Hindu |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=3 December 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://in.nba.com/news/bfi-launch-inbl/17tco84f47iym1abywanqrsyck|title=BFI launch INBL (Indian National Basketball League), aim to take sport to higher standards across all formats|date=19 November 2021 |access-date=3 December 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; India continued their dominance in South Asia by winning further [[SABA Championship|South Asian Championships]] in [[2015 SABA Championship|2015]], [[2016 SABA Championship|2016]], [[2017 SABA Championship|2017]] and [[2021 SABA Championship|2021]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/india-wins-saba-championship-for-sixth-time-hands-crushing-defeat-to-bangladesh|title=India Men's Basketball Team Win SABA Championship For Sixth Time|date=19 November 2021 |access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/basketball/india-basketball-saba-championships-sixth-time-26748?infinitescroll=1|title=Indian men's team wins South Asian Basketball Association C'ships for sixth time|date=19 November 2021 |access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/saba-championship-2021-basketball-india-vs-bangladesh-result|title=India crowned SABA Championship basketball winners for the sixth time|access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery widths="200px" heights="160px">
+&lt;gallery widths="200px" heights="160px"&gt;
-File:Kanteerava Indoor 40.JPG|The [[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium]] hosted the [[SABA Championship]] in 2015 and 2016. India won the gold medal on both occasions. Further, Team India has frequently used the facility for training sessions<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2002|first=S. |last=Kushala |title=Do we need one more stadium?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Do-we-need-one-more-stadium-/articleshow/10696192.cms|access-date=2020-06-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
+File:Kanteerava Indoor 40.JPG|The [[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium]] hosted the [[SABA Championship]] in 2015 and 2016. India won the gold medal on both occasions. Team India has frequently used the facility for training sessions&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2002|first=S. |last=Kushala |title=Do we need one more stadium?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Do-we-need-one-more-stadium-/articleshow/10696192.cms|access-date=2020-06-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 File:Satnam Singh Bhamara.jpg|[[Satnam Singh Bhamara]] (left) with the Indian national team in 2013
 File:Vishesh Bhriguvanshi.JPG|[[Vishesh Bhriguvanshi]]
-File:Anoop Mukkanniyil.jpeg|Anoop Mukkanniyil
+File:Anoop Mukkanniyil.jpeg|[[Anoop Mukkanniyil]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/161840-anoop-mukkanniyil|title=Anoop MUKKANNIYI|access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 File:Akilan Pari.JPG|[[Akilan Pari]]
 File:Rikin Pethani.JPG|[[Rikin Pethani]]
-File:Trideep Rai.JPG|Trideep Rai
+File:Trideep Rai.JPG|Trideep Rai&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/161844-trideep-rai|title=Trideep Rai|access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 File:Yadwinder Singh.JPG|[[Yadwinder Singh]]
-File:Riyaz Uddin.jpeg|Riyaz Uddin
+File:Riyaz Uddin.jpeg|Riyaz Uddin&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/161845-riyaz-uddin|title=Riyaz UDDIN|access-date=24 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-</gallery>
+&lt;/gallery&gt;
-==Competitive record==
+==Performance record==
-===Summer Olympics===
+===Olympics===
+{{Main|Basketball at the Summer Olympics}}
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
 |-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! M !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]'''
+|[[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]||12th||7||0||7||458||797||−339
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
+|-
-|12th
+! colspan=2|Total !! 1/21 !! 7 !! 0 !! 7 !! 458 !! 797 !! −339
 |}
-===FIBA Asia Cup===
+===Commonwealth Games===
-{{main|FIBA Asia Cup}}
+{{Main|Basketball at the Commonwealth Games}}
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!width=125|Year
+|-
-!width=120|Position
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! M !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
-!width=35|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
+|-
-!width=35|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
+|[[Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]]||style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]||8th||5||0||5||304||474||−170
-!width=35|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
 |-
-|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1960 ABC Championship|1960]]||rowspan=2 colspan=4|''did not enter''
+|[[Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]]||style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Australia]]||8th||3||0||3||222||292||−70
 |-
-|{{flagicon|ROC}} [[1963 ABC Championship|1963]]
+! colspan=2|Total !! 2/2 !! 8 !! 0 !! 8 !! 526 !! 766 !! −240
+|}
+===Asian Games===
+{{Main|Basketball at the Asian Games}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
 |-
-|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1965 ABC Championship|1965]]|| 7th place || 7 || 4 || 3
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! M !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
+|-style="background:#9acdff;"
+|[[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]]
+| {{flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
+|'''4th'''||4||1||3||184||266||−82
 |-
-|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1967 ABC Championship|1967]]|| 6th place || 9 || 5 || 4
+|[[Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games|1970]]
+| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
+|6th||8||2||6||478||560||−82
 |-
-|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1969 ABC Championship|1969]]|| 5th place || 8 || 4 || 4
+|[[Basketball at the 1982 Asian Games|1982]]
+|{{flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
+|8th||9||2||7||739||651||+88
 |-
-|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1971 ABC Championship|1971]]|| 6th place || 8 || 3 || 5
+|[[Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games|2006]]
+| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
+|17th||2||0||2||0||40||−40
 |-
-|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1973 ABC Championship|1973]]|| 6th place || 10 || 3 || 7
+|[[Basketball at the 2010 Asian Games|2010]]
+| {{flagicon|China}} [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]
+|11th||6||1||5||375||507||−132
 |-
-|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1975 ABC Championship|1975]]|| 4th place || 8 || 5 || 3
+|[[Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games|2014]]
+| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]]
+|9th||5||2||3||353||344||+9
 |-
-|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1977 ABC Championship|1977]]|| 7th place || 9 || 7 || 2
+! colspan=2|Total !! 6/19 !! 34 !! 8 !! 26 !! 2129 !! 2368 !! −239
+|}
+* ''1970: JPN - IND (No Data)''
+* ''1982: DPRK - IND (No Data)''
+* ''2006: Withdraw''
+===Asia Cup===
+{{main|FIBA Asia Cup}}
+Source:&lt;ref&gt;http://www.todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Zones.html&lt;/ref&gt;
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;
+! Year
+! Rank
+! Played
+! Won
+! Lost
+! PF
+! PA
+! PD
 |-
-|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1979 ABC Championship|1979]]|| 5th place || 7 || 3 || 4
+|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1960 ABC Championship|1960]]
+|rowspan=2 colspan=7|''Did not enter''
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[1981 ABC Championship|1981]]|| 5th place || 7 || 3 || 4
+|{{flagicon|ROC}} [[1963 ABC Championship|1963]]
 |-
-|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} [[1983 ABC Championship|1983]]|| 6th place || 5 || 2 || 3
+|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1965 ABC Championship|1965]]
+| 7th
+| 7
+| 4
+| 3
+| 491
+| 542
+| −51
 |-
-|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1985 ABC Championship|1985]]|| 10th place || 6 || 3 || 3
+|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1967 ABC Championship|1967]]
+| 6th
+| 9
+| 5
+| 4
+| 709
+| 797
+| −88
 |-
-|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1987 ABC Championship|1987]]|| 6th place || 7 || 2 || 5
+|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1969 ABC Championship|1969]]
+| 5th
+| 8
+| 4
+| 4
+| 748
+| 720
+| +28
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[1989 ABC Championship|1989]]|| 6th place || 6 || 2 || 4
+|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1971 ABC Championship|1971]]
+| 6th
+| 8
+| 3
+| 5
+| 563
+| 632
+| −69
 |-
-|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1991 ABC Championship|1991]]|| 13th place || 7 || 2 || 5
+|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1973 ABC Championship|1973]]
+| 6th
+| 10
+| 3
+| 7
+| 744
+| 902
+| −158
+|-style="background:#9acdff;"
+|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1975 ABC Championship|1975]]
+| '''4th'''
+| 8
+| 5
+| 3
+| 754
+| 728
+| +26
 |-
-|{{flagicon|INA}} [[1993 ABC Championship|1993]]||colspan=4|''did not enter''
+|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1977 ABC Championship|1977]]
+| 7th
+| 9
+| 7
+| 2
+| 957
+| 776
+| +181
 |-
-|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1995 ABC Championship|1995]]|| 13th place || 8 || 4 || 4
+|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1979 ABC Championship|1979]]
+| 5th
+| 7
+| 3
+| 4
+| 539
+| 604
+| −65
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
+|{{flagicon|IND}} [[1981 ABC Championship|1981]]
+| 5th
+| 7
+| 3
+| 4
+| 521
+| 511
+| +10
 |-
-|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 ABC Championship|1997]]|| 11th place || 6 || 3 || 3
+|{{flagicon|HKG|1959}} [[1983 ABC Championship|1983]]
+| 6th
+| 5
+| 2
+| 3
+| 298
+| 310
+| −12
 |-
-|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1999 ABC Championship|1999]]||colspan=4|''did not enter''
+|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1985 ABC Championship|1985]]
+| 10th
+| 6 || 3 || 3 || 585 ||  459||+126
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2001 ABC Championship|2001]]|| 8th place || 6 || 1 || 5
+|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1987 ABC Championship|1987]]|| 6th || 7 || 2 || 5 || 518 || 608 || −90
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2003 ABC Championship|2003]]|| 8th place || 7 || 2 || 5
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[1989 ABC Championship|1989]]|| 6th || 6 || 2 || 4 || 472 || 520 || −48
 |-
-|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2005 FIBA Asia Championship|2005]]|| 12th place || 7 || 3 || 4
+|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1991 ABC Championship|1991]]|| 13th || 7 || 2 || 5 || 575 || 596 || −21
 |-
-|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2007 FIBA Asia Championship|2007]]|| 15th place || 7 || 2 || 5
+|{{flagicon|INA}} [[1993 ABC Championship|1993]]
+|colspan=7|''Did not enter''
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2009 FIBA Asia Championship|2009]]|| 13th place || 5 || 2 || 3
+|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1995 ABC Championship|1995]]|| 13th || 8 || 4 || 4 || 537 || 558 || −21
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011]]|| 14th place || 5 || 1 || 4
+|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 ABC Championship|1997]]|| 11th || 6 || 3 || 3 || 433 || 409 ||+24
 |-
-|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship|2013]]|| 11th place || 8 || 2 || 6
+|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1999 ABC Championship|1999]]
+|colspan=7|''Did not enter''
 |-
-|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship|2015]]|| 8th place || 9 || 3 || 6
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2001 ABC Championship|2001]]|| 8th || 6 || 1 || 5 || 406 || 508 || −102
-|-
-|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[2017 FIBA Asia Cup|2017]]|| 14th place || 3 || 0 || 3
-|-
-|{{flagicon|INA}} [[2022 FIBA Asia Cup|2022]]|| 16th place || 3 || 0 || 3
 |-
-!Total|| 26/30 || 178 || 71 || 107
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2003 ABC Championship|2003]]|| 8th || 7 || 2 || 5 || 551|| 678 || −127
-|}
-===Asian Games===
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[Basketball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
 |-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
+|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2005 FIBA Asia Championship|2005]]|| 12th || 7 || 3 || 4 || 545 || 578 ||−33
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]]'''
+|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2007 FIBA Asia Championship|2007]]|| 15th || 7 || 2 || 5 || 468 || 627 ||−159
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
-|style="background-color: beige;"|4th
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games|1970]]'''
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2009 FIBA Asia Championship|2009]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
+| 13th
-|6th
+| 5
+| 2
+| 3
+| 371
+| 415
+| −44
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[Basketball at the 1982 Asian Games|1982]]'''
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
+| 14th
-|8th
+| 5
+| 1
+| 4
+| 283
+| 310
+| −27
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games|2006]]'''
+|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship|2013]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
+| 11th
-|17th
+| 8
+| 2
+| 6
+| 532
+| 641
+| −109
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 2010 Asian Games|2010]]'''
+|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship|2015]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|China}} [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]
+| 8th
-|11th
+| 9
+| 3
+| 6
+| 669
+| 789
+| −120
+|-
+|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[2017 FIBA Asia Cup|2017]]
+| 14th
+| 3
+| 0
+| 3
+| 186
+| 249
+| −63
+|-
+|{{flagicon|INA}} [[2022 FIBA Asia Cup|2022]]
+| 16th
+| 3
+| 0
+| 3
+| 169
+| 305
+| −136
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games|2014]]'''
+|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[2025 FIBA Asia Cup|2025]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]]
+| 15th
-|9th
+| 3
+| 0
+| 3
+| 212
+| 275
+| −63
 |-
+! Total
+! 27/31
+! 181
+! 71
+! 110
+! 13,836
+! 15,047
+! −1,211
 |}
 ===Asia Challenge===
+{{Main|FIBA Asia Challenge}}
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[FIBA Asia Challenge]]
 |-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! M !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
 |-
-|'''[[2004 FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup|2004]]'''
+|[[2004 FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup|2004]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|ROC}} [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
-|6th
+|6th||5||3||2||389||405||−16
 |-
-|'''[[2008 FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup|2008]]'''
+|[[2008 FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup|2008]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
-|5th
+|'''5th'''||4||0||4||217||291||−74
 |-
-|'''[[2012 FIBA Asia Cup|2012]]'''
+|[[2012 FIBA Asia Cup|2012]]
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
+|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], Japan
-|9th
+|9th||4||0||4||294||370||−76
 |-
-|'''[[2014 FIBA Asia Cup|2014]]'''
+|[[2014 FIBA Asia Cup|2014]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|China}} [[Wuhan]], [[China]]
-|7th
+|7th||7||3||4||473||425||+48
 |-
-|'''[[2016 FIBA Asia Challenge|2016]]'''
+|[[2016 FIBA Asia Challenge|2016]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
-|7th
+|7th||8||4||4||585||670||−85
 |-
+! colspan=2|Total !! 5/6 !! 28 !! 10 !! 18 !! 1958 !! 2161 !! −203
 |}
 ===SABA Championship===
+{{Main|SABA Championship}}
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[SABA Championship]]
-|-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''2002'''
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! M !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Assam]], [[India]]
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|2002
+|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Guwahati]], [[India]]
+|style="background:gold"|1st||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
 |-
-|'''[[2014 SABA Championship|2014]]'''
+|[[2014 SABA Championship|2014]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|NEP}} [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||4||4||0||372||142||+230
-|-
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[2015 SABA Championship|2015]]'''
+|[[2015 SABA Championship|2015]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||5||5||0||552||220||+332
-|-
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[2016 SABA Championship|2016]]'''
+|[[2016 SABA Championship|2016]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||3||3||0||272||128||+144
 |-
-|'''[[2017 SABA Championship|2017]]'''
+|[[2017 SABA Championship|2017]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Maldives}} [[Male]], [[Maldives]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||4||4||0||404||218||+186
 |-
-|'''[[2021 SABA Championship|2021]]'''
+|[[2021 SABA Championship|2021]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||3||3||0||308||120||+188
-|-
-|}
-===Commonwealth Games===
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[Basketball at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
-|-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
-|-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]]'''
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
-|8th
 |-
-|'''[[Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]]'''
+! colspan=2|Total !! 6/8 !! 19 !! 19 !! 0 !! 1908 !! 828 !! +1080
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Australia]]
-|8th
 |}
 ===South Asian Games===
+{{Main|Basketball at the South Asian Games}}
+&lt;small&gt;Source:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/south-asian-games-2019-india-wins-gold-in-all-formats-and-categories-sweeps-basketball-event/4q1i30i47pk1z8vdnthq64u3|title=South Asian Games 2019: India wins gold in all formats and categories of basketball event}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[Basketball at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]
-|-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[1987 South Asian Games|1987]]'''
+! Year !! Host !! Position !! P !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! PD
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
+|[[1987 South Asian Games|1987]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||{{n/a}}|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} ||{{n/a}}  || {{n/a}} ||{{n/a}}
 |-
-|'''[[1991 South Asian Games|1991]]'''
+|[[1991 South Asian Games|1991]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
-|-
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[1995 South Asian Games|1995]]'''
+|[[1995 South Asian Games|1995]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Chennai]], [[India]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
 |-
-|'''[[2010 South Asian Games|2010]]'''
+|[[2010 South Asian Games|2010]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
-|style="background: silver"|2nd
+|style="background: silver"|2nd||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
 |-
-|'''[[2019 South Asian Games|2019]]'''
+|[[2019 South Asian Games|2019]]
 |style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
+|style="background:gold"|1st||4||4||0||471||233||+238
 |-
 |}
 ===Lusofonia Games===
+{{Main|Basketball at the Lusofonia Games}}
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!colspan=3 style="background-color: #ddeeff;"|[[Basketball at the Lusofonia Games|Lusofonia Games]]
 |-
-!style="width: 70px;"| Year
+! Year
-!style="width: 350px;"| Host city
+! Host
-!style="width: 70px;"| Position
+! Position
+! M
+! W
+! L
+! PF
+! PA
+! PD
+|- style="border: 3px solid red"
+|'''[[Basketball at the 2014 Lusofonia Games|2014]]'''
+|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Goa]], [[India]]
+|style="background:gold"|1st||4||4||0||304||245||+59
 |-
-|style="border: 3px solid red"|'''[[Basketball at the 2014 Lusofonia Games|2014]]'''
+! colspan=2|Total !! 1/3 !!  4!! 4 !! 0 !! 304 !! 245 !! +59
-|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Goa]], [[India]]
-|style="background:gold"|1st
 |}
-==Current roster==
+===William Jones Cup===
+{{Main|William Jones Cup}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|-
+! Year
+! Host
+! Rank
+! P
+! W
+! L
+! PF
+! PA
+! PD
+|-
+|'''[[2016 William Jones Cup|2016]]'''
+|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[New Taipei City|New Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
+|'''9th'''||8||1||7||536||638||−102
+|-
+|'''[[2017 William Jones Cup|2017]]'''
+|style="text-align: left; padding-left: 20px;"| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
+|10th||9||0||9||628||885||−257
+|-
+! colspan=2|Total !! 2/44 !! 17 !! 1 !! 16 !! 1164 !!1523 !! −359
+|}
-===2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification===
+==Honours==
+'''Intercontinental'''
+*'''[[Basketball at the Lusofonia Games|Lusofonia Games]]'''
+** {{gold01}} '''Gold Medal:''' [[Basketball at the 2014 Lusofonia Games – Men's tournament|2014]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/india-win-gold-in-basketball-at-lusofonia-games/articleshow/29471374.cms|title=India win gold in basketball at Lusofonia Games|website=The Times of India|date=28 January 2014 |access-date=2 December 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+'''Continental'''
+*'''[[SABA Championship]]'''
+** {{gold01}} '''Gold Medal:''' [[SABA Championship#Summary|2002]], [[2014 SABA Championship|2014]], [[2015 SABA Championship|2015]], [[2016 SABA Championship|2016]], [[2017 SABA Championship|2017]], [[2021 SABA Championship|2021]]
+*'''[[Basketball at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]'''
+** {{gold01}} '''Gold Medal:''' [[1987 South Asian Games|1987]], [[1991 South Asian Games|1991]], [[1995 South Asian Games|1995]], [[2019 South Asian Games|2019]]
+** {{silver02}} '''Silver Medal:''' [[2010 South Asian Games|2010]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.afghansportsfederation.org/aisian_games_2010.html|title=Afghan Sports Federation – 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh; BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan National Basketball Team Wins Gold|publisher=AfghanSportsFederation.org|access-date=17 May 2012|archive-date=8 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808162815/http://www.afghansportsfederation.org/aisian_games_2010.html|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-{{FIBA roster header | team=India national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification | color1 = blue | bg1 = #FFA500 | color2 = white | bg2 = blue}}
+==Coaching history==
-<!-- list of players -->
+''Note'': ''The following list may not be complete''
+{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
+*{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Lauro Mumar]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.philippineolympians.org/oly/1948-Olympics-London-Basketball-Mumar-Lauro|title=Lauro Mumar}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Makolath Rajan&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Former Indian basketball coach Rajan passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/oct/10/former-indian-basketball-coach-rajan-passes-away-1669305.html |date=10 October 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Keshav Kumar Chansoria – 2001&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=6698403|title=INDIAN BASKET BALL TEAM COACH KESHAV KUMAR CHANSOR}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Jay Prakash Singh – 2004&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/new-role-for-mentor/cid/1323356#goog_rewarded|title=New role for mentor}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Zoran Lukić (basketball)|Zoran Lukić]] – 2006&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=6698442&amp;highlights=INDIA%20B%20TEAM|title=Indian team coach Zoran Lukic}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/there-is-no-money-for-sportsmen-in-serbia/article29646101.ece|title="There is no money for sportsmen in Serbia... "}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Mahender Rathor – 2007&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Mahendar_Rathore/47700|title=MAHENDAR RATHORE basketball profile}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Aleksandar Bućan]] – 2007–2010&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=TRENER ALEKSANDAR BUĆAN U INDIJI|url=http://www.beobasket.net/sr/vesti/11159/trener-aleksandar-bucan-u-indiji.html|website=beobasket.net|accessdate=20 December 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Harris – 2010–2011&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indian-hoopsters-can-be-worlds-best-william-bill-harris/articleshow/7010472.cms|title=Indian hoopster's can be world's best:William Bill Harris}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenny Natt]] – 2011–2012&lt;ref&gt;[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/interviews/Im-here-to-create-a-superstar-says-Indias-NBA-coach-Kenny-Natt/articleshow/8853690.cms I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt]&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Keshav Kumar Chansoria (''interim'') – 2012&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=6698403|title=INDIAN BASKET BALL TEAM COACH KESHAV KUMAR CHANSOR}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Flemming]] – 2012–2015&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/indian-basketball-national-coach-scott-flemming-team-performance-india-ranking-analysis/article69456879.ece|title=India coach Flemming: Three or four years from now, we’re going to be a team to be reckoned with}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sat Prakash Yadav]] –  2015–2017&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=355158 |title=Mangaluru: Indian basketball team inspires kids at Mangala Stadium |publisher=[[Daijiworld Media]] |date=19 September 2015 |accessdate=28 September 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=‘We hope to improve our ranking’ |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 September 2015 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/we-hope-to-improve-our-ranking/article7667300.ece |accessdate=28 September 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} [[C. V. Sunny]] (interim) –  2017&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2017/Apr/15/pradosh-cracks-maiden-double-century-for-grand-slam-1593815.html|title=Pradosh cracks maiden double century for Grand Slam ''The Indian Express'' ''15 April 2017''}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|IND}} Bhaskar Sappaniambalam (''interim'') –  2017&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/bhaskar-coach-national-basketball-side-2135041|title=Bhaskar to coach national basketball side}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/india-aiming-for-saba-championship-5-peat1|title=India aiming for SABA Championship 5-peat}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Weber (interim) – 2017&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/field/843933/from-nba-to-india-new-basketball-coach-phil-weber-hopes-to-create-a-culture-of-success |title=From NBA to India: New basketball coach Phil Weber hopes to create a culture of success |date=15 July 2017 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825070330/https://scroll.in/field/843933/from-nba-to-india-new-basketball-coach-phil-weber-hopes-to-create-a-culture-of-success |archive-date=25 August 2019 |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Zoran Višić]] –  2017–2019&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Basketball: Zoran Visic to coach Indian men|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/basketball-visic-to-coach-indian-men/article20112532.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 November 2017 |access-date=11 March 2018}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Veselin Matić]] –  2019–2024&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/basketball/2023-12-indian-basketball-veselin-matic-interaction|title=Building India's basketball future: Head coach Veselin Matic on investing in young talents}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Flemming]] – 2024–''present''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/basketball/scott-flemming-appointed-as-head-coach-of-indian-senior-mens-basketball-team-news/article68150033.ece|title=Scott Flemming appointed as head coach of Indian Senior Men’s Basketball team}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/scott-flemming-new-india-men-basketball-head-coach|title=Scott Flemming appointed head coach of India men’s basketball team}}&lt;/ref&gt;
+}}
-{{FIBA player | pos = PG | num = 1 | first = Sahaij | last= Sekhon | year = 2001 | month = 9 | date = 1 | df = y | m = 1.94 | cub = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
+==Results and fixtures==
-{{FIBA player | pos = PG | num = 4 | first = Joginder | last = Singh | dab = basketball | year = 1988 | month = 5 | date = 27 | df = y | m = 1.75 | club =  | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
+{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFFFFF|Fixture|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
-{{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 7 | first = Muin Bek | last = Hafeez | year = 1996 | month = 3 | date = 16 | df = y | m =1.90 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = G | num = 9 | first = Vishesh | last = Bhriguvanshi | year = 1991 | month = 9 | date = 13 | df = y | m = 1.92 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND | note = C }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = SG | num = 10 | first = Rajeev | last = Kumar | dab = basketball | year = 2001 | month = 10 | date = 6 | df = y | m =1.90 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 11 | first = Manoj | last = Manjunatha | year = 2003 | month = 4 | date = 30 | df = y | m =1.99 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = C | num = 15 | first = Jagdeep | last = Singh | dab = basketball |year = 1986 | month = 1 | date = 10 | df = y | m = 1.98 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = PF | num = 18 | first = Aravind | last = Annadurai | year = 1993 | month = 7 | date = 5 | df = y | m =2.00 | club =  | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 22 | first = Amjyot | last = Gill | year = 1992 | month = 1 | date = 27 | df = y | m = 2.03 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 23 | first = Amaan | last = Sandhu | year = 2002 | month = 12 | date = 8 | df = y | m =2.03 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = C | num = 77 | first = Vivek | last= Goti | year = 1994 | month = 7 | date = 5 | df = y | m = 2.10 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-{{FIBA player | pos = PF | num = 78 | first = Prashant Singh | last= Rawat | year = 2000 | month = 8 | date = 15 | df = y | m = 2.02 | club = | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+=== 2024 ===
-{{FIBA roster footer
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-===Depth chart===
+=== 2025 ===
-{{Basketball depth chart
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-==Head coach history==
+===2026===
-{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
+{{basketballbox collapsible
-*{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Lauro Mumar]]
+|format=1
-*{{flagicon|IND}} Major N.K. Singh - 1997
+|round=[[2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)|2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers]]
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-*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Veselin Matić]] -  2019–''present''
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+{{basketballbox collapsible
+|format=1
+|round=[[2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)|2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers]]
+|date=2 July
+|time=
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+|teamA={{bk-rt|IND}}
+|scoreA=
+|teamB={{bk|QAT}}
+|scoreB=
+|Q1=
+|Q2=
+|Q3=
+|Q4=
+|report={{FIBA game|126957}}
+|result=
+}}
+{{basketballbox collapsible
+|format=1
+|round=[[2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)|2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers]]
+|date=5 July
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+|scoreA=
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+|scoreB=
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+|report={{FIBA game|126947}}
+|result=
 }}
-==Past rosters==
+==Team==
-'''[[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 12 teams
+===2025 roster===
+Roster for the [[2025 FIBA Asia Cup]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Team roster: India|url=https://reports.fiba.basketball/reports/2025/FIBA%20Asia%20Cup/rosters.pdf|website=fiba.basketball|access-date=4 August 2025|page=4}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-[[Baldev Singh (basketball)|Baldev Singh]], [[Ajmer Singh (basketball)|Ajmer Singh]], [[Parvez Diniar]], [[Dilip Gurumurthy]], [[Harbhajan Singh (basketball)|Harbhajan Singh]], [[Jorawar Singh]], [[Amarnath Nagarajan]], Pramdiph Singh, [[Paramjit Singh (basketball)|Paramjit Singh]] (c), [[Radhey Shyam]], [[Hanuman Singh]], [[Tarlok Singh Sandhu]] (Coach: Major Makolath Rajan<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Indian basketball coach Rajan passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/oct/10/former-indian-basketball-coach-rajan-passes-away-1669305.html |date=10 October 2017}}</ref>)
+{{FIBA roster header | team=India men's national basketball team – 2025 FIBA Asia Cup | color1 = blue | bg1 = #FFA500 | color2 = white | bg2 = blue}}
+&lt;!-- list of players --&gt;
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = PG | num = 1  | name = Sahaij Sekhon | year = 2001 | month = 9 | date = 1 | m = 1.94 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Chandigarh Warriors | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = SG | num = 5 | name = Harsh Dagar | year = 2005 | month = 2 | date = 23 | m = 1.89 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Uttar Pradesh | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = PG | num = 7 | name = Muin Bek Hafeez | year = 1996 | month = 3 | date = 16 | m = 1.89 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Tamil Nadu | nat = IND | note = C }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = SG | num = 8 | name = Kanwar Sandhu | dab = basketball | year = 1999 | month = 10 | date = 30 | m = 1.85 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Punjab Warriors | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = PG | num = 10 | name = Arvind Muthu Krishnan | year = 2000 | month = 3 | date = 16 | m = 1.87 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Tamil Nadu | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = C | num = 12 | name = Princepal Singh | year = 2001 | month = 1 | date = 3 | m = 2.08 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Indian Railways | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = C  | num = 15 | name = Palpreet Singh Brar | year = 1994 | month = 1 | date = 3 | m = 2.10 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Indian Railways | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = PF | num = 17 | name = Pratyanshu Tomar | year = 2000 | month = 6 | date = 17 | m = 2.03 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Karnataka | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = SF  | num = 19 | name = Pranav Prince | year = 2003  | month = 6 | date = 19 | m = 2.00 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Tamil Nadu | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = C | num = 23 | name = Amaan Sandhu | year = 2002 | month = 12 | date = 8 | m = 2.11 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Punjab Warriors | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = PF | num = 24 | name = Arvinder Singh | year = 2002 | month = 12 | date = 3 | m = 2.00 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Indian Railways | nat = IND }}
+{{FIBA player | df=y | pos = SG | num = 34 | name = Vaisakh Karimbingal Manoj | year = 2002 | month = 7 | date = 19 | m = 1.90 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 5 | clublink = Kerala | nat = IND }}
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
+{{FIBA roster footer
+| head_coach =
+* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Flemming]]
+| asst_coach =
+* {{Flagicon|IND}} Rama Gantupalli
+* {{Flagicon|IND}} Sambhaji Kadam
+| otherlegend =
+* '''(C)''' Team captain
+* '''Club''' – describes last&lt;br /&gt;club before the tournament
+* '''Age''' – describes age&lt;br /&gt;on 5 August 2025
+}}
-'''[[1997 ABC Championship|1997 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''11th''' among 15 teams
+===Past rosters===
+'''[[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 12 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Former Indian basketball coach Rajan passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/oct/10/former-indian-basketball-coach-rajan-passes-away-1669305.html |date=10 October 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1980/BAS/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185919/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1980/BAS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=India Basketball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=15 July 2018}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-Pankaj Malik, B.S. Gowtham, Gagnesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, N. Appla Raju, Parmindar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Virendar Joshi, Jaldeep Dhaliwal, D. Swaminathan, Srikant Reddy (Coach: Major N.K. Singh)
+[[Baldev Singh (basketball)|Baldev Singh]], [[Ajmer Singh (basketball)|Ajmer Singh]], [[Parvez Diniar]], [[Dilip Gurumurthy]], [[Harbhajan Singh (basketball)|Harbhajan Singh]], [[Jorawar Singh]], [[Amarnath Nagarajan]], Pramdiph Singh, [[Paramjit Singh (basketball)|Paramjit Singh]], [[Radhey Shyam]], [[Hanuman Singh]], [[Tarlok Singh Sandhu]] (Coach:Makolath Rajan)
-'''[[1999 ABC Championship|1999 Asian Championship]]:''' '''not qualified'''
+'''[[2001 ABC Championship|2001 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''8th''' among 14 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/195-fiba-asia-cup/2056/teams/india|title=India 2001 Team}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-'''[[2001 ABC Championship|2001 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''8th''' among 14 teams
 Vinay Kumaryadan, J.Murli, B.J. Jadeja, Mohit Bhandari, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Austin Almeida, [[Sozhasingarayer Robinson]], Suresh Ranot, M.S. Sabeer Ahamed, Des Raj (Coach: Keshav Kumar Chansoria)
-'''[[2003 ABC Championship|2003 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''8th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[2003 ABC Championship|2003 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''8th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/195-fiba-asia-cup/2675/teams/india|title=India 2003 Squad}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 Sambhaji Kadam, Gagnesh Kumar, Mihir Pandey, S. Gopinath, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, [[Sozhasingarayer Robinson]], Riyaz Uddin, Snehpal Singh, Des Raj
-'''[[2005 FIBA Asia Championship|2005 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[2005 FIBA Asia Championship|2005 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/195-fiba-asia-cup/2718/teams/india|title=2005 India Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Mihir Pandey, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Yadwinder Singh, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, [[Sozhasingarayer Robinson]], Riyaz Uddin, Talwinderjit Singh, [[Jagdeep Singh (basketball)|Jagdeep Singh]] (Coach: Jay Prakash Singh)
-'''[[2007 FIBA Asia Championship|2007 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''15th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[2007 FIBA Asia Championship|2007 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''15th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Year=2007|title=India 2007 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Ravikumar Krishnasamy, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Roshan Thankachan Padavetiyil, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Dilawar Singh, Riyaz Uddin, Lokesh Yodav, [[Jagdeep Singh (basketball)|Jagdeep Singh]] (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)
-'''[[2009 FIBA Asia Championship|2009 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''13th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[2009 FIBA Asia Championship|2009 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''13th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Year=2009|title=India 2009 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 Sambhaji Kadam, Talwinderjit Singh, Hareesh Koroth, Harpalsinh Vaghela, Sunil Kumar Rathee, [[Vishesh Bhriguvanshi]], Prakash Mishra, [[Vineeth Revi Mathew]], Abhilek Paul, Jayram Jat, Dinesh Comibatore, [[Jagdeep Singh (basketball)|Jagdeep Singh]] (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)
-'''[[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''14th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[2011 FIBA Asia Championship|2011 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''14th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Year=2011|title=India Roster 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2011 Asian Championship roster}}
 {{FIBA roster header|nat=n|team=2011 India National Basketball Team|color1 = white|bg1 = #0000FF|color2 = black|bg2 = #FFFF00}}
-<!-- list of players -->
+&lt;!-- list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = C | num = 4 | first = Amjyot | last = Singh | year = 1992 | month = 1 | date = 27 | ft = 6 | in = 8 | club =  Punjab Police (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = C | num = 5 | first = Satnam Singh | last = Bhamara | year = 1995 | month = 10 | date = 12 | ft = 7| in = 1 | club = IMG Academy | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = G | num = 6 | first = Hareesh | last = Koroth  | year = 1984 | month = 11 | date = 12 | ft = 6 | in = 1 | club = Tamil Nadu (Amateur)  | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = G | num = 7 | first = Prakash | last = Mishra | year = 1982 | month = 8 | date = 5 | ft = 6 | in = 0 | club = Indian Railways (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = C | num = 8 | first = Dishant Vipul | last = Shah | year = 1992 | month = 1 | date = 3 | ft = 6 | in = 8 | club = Gujarat (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = G | num = 9 | first = Vishesh | last = Bhriguvanshi | year = 1991 | month = 9 | date = 13 | ft = 6 | in = 3 | club = Indian Railways (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = F | num = 10 | first = Amitpal | last = Singh | dab = basketball  | year = 1984 | month = 1 | date = 28 | ft = 6 | in = 6 | club = Punjab Police (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = F | num = 11 | first = Narender Kumar | last = Garewal | year = 1983 | month = 4 | date = 20 | ft = 6 | in = 8 | club = Services (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = F | num = 12 | first = Trideep | last = Rai | year = 1983 | month = 7 | date = 4 | ft = 6 | in = 3 | club = Uttarakhand (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = SG | num = 13 | first = Talwinderjit | last = Singh | year = 1986 | month = 10 | date = 26 | ft = 6 | in = 0 | club = Punjab Police (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = C | num = 14 | first = Yadwinder | last = Singh | year = 1986 | month = 12 | date = 30 | ft = 6| in = 6 | club = Indian Railways (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA player |df=y| pos = C | num = 15 | first = Jagdeep | last = Singh | dab = basketball | year = 1993 | month = 1 | date = 10 | ft = 6 | in = 6 | club = Punjab Police (Amateur) | compyear = 2012 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 12}}
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
 *[[Kenny Natt]]
 | asst_coach =
 *[[Rajinder Singh (basketball player)|Rajinder Singh]]
 *[[Pawan Kumer]]
 *[[Zak Penwell]]
 | otherlegend =
 *'''(C)''' Captain
 *'''Club''' denotes current pro club
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
-'''[[2013 FIBA Asia Championship|2013 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''11th''' among 15 teams
+'''[[2013 FIBA Asia Championship|2013 Asian Championship]]:''' finished '''11th''' among 15 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/Basketball-National-Team/2013|title=India 2013 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2013 FIBA Asia Championship roster}}
 {{FIBA roster header|nat=n|team= India National Basketball Team: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship| color1= #FFFFFF| bg1= #0000FF| color2= 000000| bg2= #FFFF00}}
-<!-- list of players -->
+&lt;!-- list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA player | pos = PG | num = 4 | first = Sambhaji| last = Kadam | dab = basketball| year = 1980 | month = 03 | date = 15 | ft = 5 | in = 9 | club = Services (amateur) | compyear = 2013 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 1}}
 {{FIBA player | pos = G | num = 5 | first = Narender Kumar | last = Grewal | year = 1988 | month = 06 | date = 25 | ft = 6 | in = 1 | club = Services (amateur) | compyear = 2013 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 1}}
@@ Line 494: / Line 896: @@
 {{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 14 | first = Yadwinder | last = Singh | year = 1986 | month = 12 | date = 30 | ft = 6 | in = 5 | club = Indian Railways (amateur) | compyear = 2013 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 1}}
 {{FIBA player | pos = C | num = 15 | first = Rikin Shantilal | last = Pethani | year = 1990 | month = 12 | date = 02 | ft = 6 | in = 10 | club = Tamil Nadu | compyear = 2013 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 1}}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
@@ Line 503: / Line 905: @@
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
-'''[[Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's tournament|2014 Asian Games]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 16 teams
+'''[[Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's tournament|2014 Asian Games]]:''' finished '''12th''' among 16 teams&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Year=2014|title=India 2014 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2014 Asian Games roster}}
-{{FIBA roster header|nat=n | team = India men's national basketball team - 2014 Asian Games
+{{FIBA roster header|nat=n | team = India men's national basketball team – 2014 Asian Games
 | color1 = #FFFFFF | bg1 = #0000FF | color2 = 000000 | bg2 = #FFFF00}}
-<!-- list of players -->
+&lt;!-- list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA player | num = 4 | first = Joginder| last = Singh | dab = basketball | pos = G | m = 1.75 | year = 1988 | month = 5 | date = 27 | compyear = 2014 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 19 | club = Indian Air Force | nat = IND}}
 {{FIBA player | num = 5 | last = Grewal | first = Narender Kumar | pos = PF | m = 1.85 | year = 1988 | month = 6 | date = 25 | compyear = 2014 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 19 | club = Indian Air Force | nat = IND}}
@@ Line 520: / Line 922: @@
 {{FIBA player | num = 14 | first = Yadwinder | last = Singh | pos = PF | m = 1.96 | year = 1986 | month = 12 | date = 30 | compyear = 2014 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 19 | club = Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | nat = IND}}
 {{FIBA player | num = 15 | last = Pethani | first = Rikin Shantilal | pos = C | m = 2.03 | year = 1990 | month = 12 | date = 02 | compyear = 2014 | compmonth = 9 | compdate = 19 | club = Indian Overseas Bank | nat = IND}}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
@@ Line 528: / Line 930: @@
 | otherlegend =
 *'''(C)''' Team captain
-*'''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
+*'''Club''' – describes last&lt;br /&gt;club before the tournament
-*'''Age''' – describes age<br />on 19 September 2014
+*'''Age''' – describes age&lt;br /&gt;on 19 September 2014
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
-;[[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]]      "finished 8th Among 16 qualified teams in Asia "
+'''[[2015 FIBA Asia Championship]]''':  finished 8th among 16 qualified teams in Asia &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Year=2015|title=India 2015 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2015 FIBA Asia Championship roster}}
-{{FIBA roster header|nat=n | team = India men's national basketball team - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship
+{{FIBA roster header|nat=n | team = India men's national basketball team – 2015 FIBA Asia Championship
 | color1 = #FFFFFF | bg1 = #0000FF | color2 = 000000 | bg2 = #FFFF00}}
 {{FIBA player | num =  3| pos = F| first = Vinay| last =  Kaushik| clublink = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Income Tax]]|compyear=2015|compmonth = 9|compdate = 23|year=1991|month =8|date =30|m=1.89}}
@@ Line 552: / Line 955: @@
 * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sat Prakash Yadav]]
 }}
-FIBA Asia Challenge "finished 7th Among 12 qualified teams in Asia "
 {{hidden end}}
-;[[2017 FIBA Asia Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/India#%7Ctab=roster|title=India at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball|website=FIBA.basketball|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124094156/http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/India#%7Ctab=roster|archive-date=24 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+'''[[2017 FIBA Asia Cup]]'''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/India#%7Ctab=roster|title=India at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 – FIBA.basketball|website=FIBA.basketball|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124094156/http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/India#%7Ctab=roster|archive-date=24 November 2017|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster}}
 {{FIBA roster header|team=India men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
@@ Line 572: / Line 973: @@
 {{FIBA player | pos = F | num = 77 | name = Muin Bek Hafeez | year = 1996 | month = 3 | date = 16 | m = 1.90 | clublink = Indian overseas bank | compyear = 2017 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 8 | nat = IND }}
 {{FIBA player | pos = PG | num = 99 | name = Talwinderjit Singh | year = 1986 | month = 10 | date = 20 | m = 1.83 | clublink =  | compyear = 2017 | compmonth = 8 | compdate = 8 | nat = IND }}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
@@ Line 583: / Line 984: @@
 * '''(C)''' Team captain
 * '''(NP)''' Naturalized player
-* '''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
+* '''Club''' – describes last&lt;br /&gt;club before the tournament
-* '''Age''' – describes age<br />on 8 August 2017
+* '''Age''' – describes age&lt;br /&gt;on 8 August 2017
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
-[[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification]]
+'''[[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification]]'''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/Basketball-National-Team/2017#google_vignette|title=India 2017 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification}}
 {{FIBA roster header|team=India men's national basketball team
@@ Line 605: / Line 1,006: @@
 {{FIBA player | pos = | num = 60 | name = Prudhvishwar Ambati | year = 1996 | month = 1 | date = 23 | m = | club = | compyear = 2018 | compmonth = 11 | compdate = 23 | nat = IND }}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
@@ Line 613: / Line 1,014: @@
 | otherlegend =
 * '''(C)''' Team captain
-* '''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
+* '''Club''' – describes last&lt;br /&gt;club before the tournament
-* '''Age''' – describes age<br />on 23 November 2017
+* '''Age''' – describes age&lt;br /&gt;on 23 November 2017
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
-[[2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification]]
+'''[[2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification]]'''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/Basketball-National-Team/2022|title=India 2022 Roster}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification}}
 {{FIBA roster header | team=India national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification | color1 = blue | bg1 = #FFA500 | color2 = white | bg2 = blue}}
-<!-- list of players -->
+&lt;!-- list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA player | pos = PG | num = 1 | first = Sahaij | last= Sekhon | year = 2001 | month = 9 | date = 1 | df = y | m = 1.94 | club =GGDSD College | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
@@ Line 636: / Line 1,037: @@
 {{FIBA player | pos = PF | num = 78 | first = Prashant Singh | last= Rawat | year = 2000 | month = 8 | date = 15 | df = y | m = 2.02 | clublink =[[Uttarakhand (basketball)|Uttarakhand]] | compyear = 2021 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | nat = IND }}
-<!-- end list of players -->
+&lt;!-- end list of players --&gt;
 {{FIBA roster footer
 | head_coach =
@@ Line 643: / Line 1,044: @@
 * {{Flagicon|IND}} [[Pradeep Tomar]]
 | otherlegend =
-* '''(C)''' Team captain<!--
+* '''(C)''' Team captain&lt;!--
-* '''(NP)''' Naturalized player-->
+* '''(NP)''' Naturalized player--&gt;
-*'''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
+*'''Club''' – describes last&lt;br /&gt;club before the tournament
-* '''Age''' – describes age<br>on 21 February 2021
+* '''Age''' – describes age&lt;br&gt;on 21 February 2021
 }}
 {{hidden end}}
 ==See also==
-*[[Basketball Federation of India]]
 *[[Basketball in India]]
-*[[India women's national basketball team]]
 *[[India national under-19 basketball team]]
 *[[India national under-17 basketball team]]
@@ Line 662: / Line 1,061: @@
 ==External links==
-*[https://www.basketballfederationindia.org/ Official website]
+*{{Official website}}
-*[http://www.fiba.basketball/federation/India FIBA profile]
+*[https://about.fiba.basketball/en/national-federations/77-india FIBA profile]
-*[http://fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//tid/301/_//teams.html India Basketball Records] at FIBA Archive
+*[http://fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//tid/301/_//teams.html India Basketball Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308070208/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//tid/301/_//teams.html |date=8 March 2017 }} at FIBA Archive
-*[https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx Asia-basket - India Men National Team]
+*[https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-National-Team.aspx Asia-basket – India Men National Team]
 *[https://www.facebook.com/indianbasketball/ Presentation on Facebook]
 ===Videos===
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82fdwTYomU India v Japan - Group B - Game Highlights - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship] Youtube.com video
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82fdwTYomU India v Japan – Group B – Game Highlights – 2015 FIBA Asia Championship] Youtube.com video
 {{Basketball in India}}
+{{FIBA Asia}}
 {{National sports teams of India}}
-{{FIBA Asia}}
-{{India Men Basketball Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
 [[Category:India national basketball team| ]]
 [[Category:Men's national basketball teams]]
-[[Category:1936 establishments in India]]
+[[Category:1951 establishments in India]]
-[[Category:National sports teams of India|Basketball]]
+[[Category:National sports teams established in 1951]]
+[[Category:Men's national sports teams of India|Basketball]]